I'm Graduating!!!! Well...sort of...

Proverbs 16:9

“In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps”

This month, most of the students that I graduated high school with will be finishing up college.  Four years ago I felt like I was making a “sacrifice” and “giving up my life” to follow God to missions instead of going to college.  What I have found since making that decision is the life that I would have never been able to imagine.  God has been nothing but faithful and mind-blowing each and every day.  I never would have thought that in the time span of four years, God would have used me to create a ministry in Uganda, and be able to lead multiple missions’ teams to Africa.  We just sent out our fourth team of missionaries to spend the summer in Uganda working with Soldiers of Christ!  It never ceases to amaze me. 

well... it looks like this is my home for the next three years :)

In these past four years, the last thing that was on my mind was college.  So when I felt like I was supposed to apply for graduate school in January, it was a shock to me, especially since I don’t have an undergraduate degree. But God doesn’t work in the way the world does, and somehow… I was accepted to graduate school!


I don't think this is gonna be too bad...

I will be moving to Seattle in August to attend The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology.  In three years I will receive a Master of Counseling Psychology.  The school has accepted me as a “life experience equivalent” to a bachelor’s degree.  I didn’t even really know that someone could do that, but then again, God is full of surprises! 

Since I was fourteen, Uganda has been on my heart.  And I still believe that God plans for me there, but I believe that at the moment He is taking me through a season of preparation and diligence before I am ready to settle in Gulu.

 I will still be the co-overseer of Soldiers of Christ with Jimmy in these next three years.  Things are just going to look a bit different than I thought they would.  Our intention as a ministry has always been to do counseling and rehabilitation with our kids in Uganda, so I am excited for this step of learning how to better give the students what they need.  Thank you for continuing to stand with me in this journey!